Category Archives: Comedian

Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born in Palo Alto, California on April 19, 1978. His mother, Betsy Franco, is Jewish, and his father, Douglas Eugene “Doug” Franco, was of Portuguese and Swedish descent, and ran a Silicon Valley business. James’s mother, a writer, has occasionally acted.Continue reading CUT LIST: James Franco→

A talented actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.

Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. He is of Russian Jewish descent. He attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School (although he dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles) and was known for the stand-up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp. At 16, Rogan came in second place in the 1998 Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest.Continue reading CUT LIST: Seth Rogen→

Andrew Roane “Andy” Dick (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. He is best known as a comic but is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC’s NewsRadio and was a supporting character on Less than Perfect. He briefly had his own program, The Andy Dick Show on MTV, and he is also noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of Comedy Central Roasts.

Chris Crocker (born Christopher Darren Cunningham; December 7, 1987) is an American Internet celebrity, songwriter, blogger, and recording artist residing in Bristol, Tennessee. Crocker gained international fame in September 2007 from his viral video “Leave Britney Alone”, in which he tearfully defended pop singer Britney Spears’s comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards; his video had over four million views in two days. The video received international media attention, hundreds of parodies and criticism for Crocker.Continue reading CUT LIST: Chris Crocker→

Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979) is an English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter and actor, best known for his roles as former co-host ofPopworld, former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and co-writer and star of the sitcom Grandma’s House.